Sunday, 15 December 2013

The Bobble head family sign.

Because it's early December and therefore there is a serious lack of VW events and shows to attend and review, I thought I would post another blog about my VW related sign making just to give my regular readers something to read and to keep them coming back.! On this blog entry I created a sign with the VW Bobble head family on, and just for an added twist I decided to add some wording.

The first thing to do is to prepare the correct size piece of board. On this occasion I have used a piece of 3mm ply which is 18" x 12". I do like using the 3mm ply because it's so easy to cut and sand down. It is also so lightweightthat the sign only weighs a few ounces. Asalways I have painted the board with severalcoats of brilliant white paint, and sanded the board down in-between the coats.

Once the paint was dry I started to plan wherethe 'Bobblehead Family' would be positionedon the board. At this stage I had intended tojust paint the family so I positioned themcentrally. Here I have just lightly sketched thefamily onto the board.

Once I was happy with the proportions and general design I brought out the ruler and went over the design again with a firmer hand.

The first coat of acrylic 'Blue Bouquet'. As you can see the paint is quite opaque so asecond coat will be required.

A close up picture to show the differencebetween one coat and two.

Although I pencil in the design, I don't alwaysfollow my own lines...

Mr. and Mrs. Bobble head in desperate needfor a second coat.

Once the family had had two coats I decidedto add a border, again this needed two coats. The sign looks OK, but I think thereis something missing.. it just looks too plain.

I decided to add 'Approved Garage' in the top right hand corner just to fill the gap really.!Again this was drawn on after deciding on thepositioning.

It's getting there, but now the space belowthe family looks a bit bare and in need ofsomething.

I needed a word or caption to put into thespace below the family... so why not theword 'Volkswagen'.

The design and painting all finished, all that'sleft to do is drill some mounting holes andthen varnish the whole thing.

Finished. Not a bad looking sign.A face book friend of mine has requested herown Bobble head family sign, as her familyconsists of the the same characters as the Bobble head family, which I shall be glad toproduce for her.

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